This is a brand-new episode from HISTORY This Week, available wherever you listen to podcasts!September 16, 1968. Richard Nixon isn't... more

HISTORY This week is about to return! We'll be back with new episodes this Monday, September 16th. In the meantime,... more

In the mid-50s, a San Bernardino man named Glen Bell is fixated on McDonald’s. His own burger stand is in... more

Popcorn may very well be the oldest snack food on the planet, but for much of its modern history it... more

Nowadays, grocery stores and gas stations are filled with Little Debbie products. In the 1950s, though, snack cakes were just... more

In the mid 1970s, a woman who wants to be more than just a housewife, is tired of living in... more

In the mid-60s, a single perfume salesman finds himself struggling to meet women to date. So, he goes to the... more

In Illinois, a father and son working in the wholesale ice cream mixing business have an idea. Convinced that ice... more

Post-World War Two, a food entrepreneur sees promise in a new business. In 1948, William Rosenberg notices two of his... more

150 years ago, German immigrants in the Midwest write the history of beer in America. A recently shipwrecked steamboat captain... more